Indian Creek Elementary School

Indian Creek Elementary School, a substantial elementary-level community in Clarkston, Georgia, part of DeKalb County, instructs 967 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 605 students each, so Indian Creek Elementary School sits 60% bigger than that benchmark.

Indian Creek Elementary School is one of 131 schools operated by DeKalb County, a district that works with 92,088 students overall.

Demographically, Indian Creek Elementary School lists that the most-represented group is Asian (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 36% Black, 11% White, 6% Hispanic. By comparison, DeKalb County as a whole is about 6% Asian, so the school skews noticeably more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Indian Creek Elementary School shows 75 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of DeKalb County's rate of about 77%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Indian Creek Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 17.9%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for DeKalb County indicate median household income runs about $80,644, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across DeKalb County's 154 public schools (combined enrollment of about 102,960 students), Indian Creek Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Clarkston High School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Indian Creek Elementary School comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 35.6%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 18%: 1,182 students in 2018 compared to 967 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share contracted from 56% to 45%. Class-load math has fell: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

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